Interdisciplinary Conference 2006

Current Issues Issues in Community Economic Development

Panel 1: The Future of the Community Reinvestment Act9:15 – 10:30 a.m.

Michael Barr, Professor of Law, University of Michigan School of LawCassandra Jones Havard, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of LawKeith Hylton, Professor of Law, Boston University School of LawAndrew Olszowy, Managing Examiner for the Supervision and Regulation of Consumer Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Moderator: Michael Malloy, Distinguished Professor, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Panel 3: Eminent Domain and Public Use Takings After Kelo v. New London 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Harry Carroll, City Solicitor, City of Springfield, MassachusettsPatricia Lee, President and General Counsel, National Institute for Urban EntrepreneurshipJonathan Macey, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, Yale Law SchoolEddie Perez, Mayor, City of Hartford, Connecticut

Moderator: Eric Gouvin, Associate Dean and Professor, Western New England University School of Law

Moderator: Patricia McCoy, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut Law School

Wrap up and Closing Remarks4:15 – 4:30 p.m.

Richard Walker III, Vice President, Boston Federal Reserve Bank

Richard Walker has nearly three decades of experience in business and community development in Boston. For the past 15 years, he has worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston where he is currently Vice President and Community Affairs Officer of the Public and Community Affairs Department. he has been instrumental in developing the Boston Business Collaborative, a project that links major corporations with existing minority businesses. Richard was an initial participant in the formulation of the Black/Jewish roundtable with the American Jewish Committee. Previously, he served in executive positions at the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, the Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs at Tufts University, and the Greater Roxbury Development Corporation. In September 200, the Governor of Massachusetts appointed Richard to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

In his work, Mr. Walker has been actively involved in promoting fair and equal access to finance and credit through a variety of media. he is the excutive producer of the award winning video To Their Credit: Financing Women-Owned Business, which was first broadcast on KQED in San Francisco in July 1999. He was instrumental in the development of the Federal Reserve Bank's widely distributed publication Closing the Gap: A Guide to Equal Opoprtunity Lending, designed to help banks avoid possible discriminatory lending practices. Most recently, Mr. Walker produced the highly popular consumer video, Identity Theft: Protect Yourself, and its companion publication, Identity Theft.